COVID Impact on Mail Volume report – 8/27/2021

Here is GrayHair’s weekly chart on the impact of COVID on USPS Mail Volumes, as compiled by our VP of Postal Affairs, Angelo Anagnostopoulos.

Here’s a quick recap on how to read the chart. The black line shows the total mail volume comparison to 2019 (for all three types). The percentage along the left-hand axis shows the percentage to the prior year’s volume with 100% being the same as the prior year.

For the week ending on August 27, 2021, you can see that as Angelo predicted, Marketing Mail spiked as mailers pushed to get their mail inducted ahead of the August 29 price increase. You can expect that volume to return to normal levels in the following weeks. First-Class continued its steady decline and packages are holding steady.

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